This is the "older" version of the 105mm macro lens that Nikon makes without the VR found in the new version. For pictures from the newer lens, view Phil's thread here. While this isn't as current as the new one, it still takes photos that are just as sharp and does 1:1 like a champ. This isn't a review, so I'll stop rambling and get to the pics.

yup, we're all gonna go shooting macro against a sky What a way to show a lens's qualities, and your lack of ability to show photo's we'd actually be interested in seeing. Let's get back to some photo's that show what this lens can do, not what it can't.

Almost all or perhaps all, of these are between f/4.0 and f/5.6This lens is sharper than the VR G version. It also has a "special" SIC coating which is supposed to be better than "normal" SIC. I mention this because the 105/2.8D is an extremely low flare and low internal reflection (ghost) lens and the Nano-Crystal coating on my G version isn't noticeably different or improved. So if you want slightly faster and quieter AF plus VR then get the G version but if you want the sharpest images with the best micro contrast then get the AF D version or the plain AF version if you don't need the Distance sensor used for working with Nikon's 3D Matrix metering. The AF-S VR G version is actually a new design with a 14/12 arrangement and 9 blades instead of the 9/8 with 7 blades of the AF D and the AF version. Also as you probably know the G version has no aperture ring for manual aperture control. Anyway, you can save a little money and get slightly better images at the same time with the AF or AF-D version if you'd like to.

Thanks, but mostly that's the camera. The GH2 and the OMD from about the same period became quite amazing in the area of noise control over their predecessors. For example with the GH1 I had trepidation shooting anything over ISO 400 and even 400 with lots of darks wasn't great - but with the GH2 I don't mind cranking it up to 3,200 where it's sensible to do so.